World of Archie Double Digest #9 [Direct Edition]
(September 2011)

Archie, 2010 Series
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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
164
Indicia Frequency
10 times a year (monthly except Mar. and Nov.)
On-sale Date
2011-08-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
The Archie Library
Barcode
762816468503
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor/editor-in-chief)

Love Me Baby, Mumbai! (Table of Contents)

World of Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Galvan (signed)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors
Rosario Peña (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Raj Patel; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Love Me Baby, Mumbai! (Table of Contents: 1)

World of Archie / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Tania del Rio (credited)
Pencils
Bill Galvan (credited)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors
Digikore Studios
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Raj Patel; Kunal Desai; Ravi Patel
Synopsis
One of Raj's online films gets recognized by Mumbai based movie producer, Kunal Desai. Desai offers to fly Raj and his cast to Mumbai so he can produce another film.
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Rid Bid (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie accidentally hits Mr. Weatherbee in the head with a baseball while at camp.
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The Best Catch (Table of Contents: 3)

Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards (credited)
Pencils
Joe Edwards (credited)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Waldo Weatherbee; Elmer Flutesnoot
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee and Professor Flutesnoot have a fishing competition; the loser of which has to buy the other a lobster dinner.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie's Madhouse / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I...I can't hold them back any longer!
Characters
Archie Andrews; Captain Pumpernik; Clyde Didit; Captain Sprocket; Mighty Chick; Super Snail

Indexer Notes

Illustration introducing the next section of Madhouse reprints.

Mr. Clock (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Sprocket / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Joe Edwards (credited)
Inks
Joe Edwards (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards (credited)

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Captain Sprocket; Mr. Clock; Assistant 1; Assistant 2; Archie Andrews (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Sylvia
Synopsis
Captain Sprocket battles the time-traveling menace Mr. Clock.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Alice the Astronaughty Space Girl / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Joe Edwards (credited)
Inks
Joe Edwards (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our story deals with a female astronaught...
Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Alice; Brunhilda; Sam
Synopsis
Alice is chosen to be the first girl on the moon, but the launch of her rocket is almost sabotaged by her rival Brunhilda.
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Space Patrolman (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Bill Kresse (credited)
Inks
Bill Kresse (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Kresse (credited)

Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Abner McKlunk
Synopsis
A space patrolman makes one mistake after another.
Reprints

Teaser for Caesar (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils
Harry Lucey (credited)
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Colors
Paul D'Onofrio (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
In Ancient Rome, the evil Regibus and the treacherous daughter of Senator Lodge conspire to poison the Emperor Archie and remove him from the throne. They are stopped by the Emperor's new slave girl, Betty.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story has been recolored and possible re-inked for this reprinting.

Hit Bit (Table of Contents: 9)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Reggie gets slapped at the beach after a woman misunderstands his use of the word "bags".
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Gag Wag (Table of Contents: 10)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Reggie makes a joke about Hot Dog's intelligence, at the expense of Archie.
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Rash Crash (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Mrs. Andrews asks Archie to "tackle" his mess in the garage.
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Nap Flap (Table of Contents: 12)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones
Synopsis
Jughead asks his mother if he can take a 3-hour nap before he mows the lawn.
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The Movers (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead offer to move Mr. Lodge's piano to another room.
Reprints

The Big Paper Caper (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Colors
Stephanie Vozzo (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
adventure; humor; detective-mystery; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Miles Kreuger; Bob Birchard; Eric; Lex Dexter; Bill Liebowitz; Gloria; Jeffrey Stolper; Mike Schlesinger
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge and the teens pursue a mysterious man who is stealing every available artifact connected with a particular silent film star.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman (signed)
Pencils
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you smell steaks cooking?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Jughead tricks Mr. Andrews into having a cookout.
Reprints
  • from Archie Sunday (Creators Syndicate) ????.??.??

Moving Target (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils
Harry Lucey (credited)
Inks
Marty Epp (credited as Martin Epp)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Marty Epp (credited as Martin Epp)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Archie accidentally causes physical pain to everyone while remaining unscathed himself.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Feature changed from "Archie" to "Archie and the Gang" for this reprinting.

She's Josie (Table of Contents: 17)

Josie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Pepper; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine

You're the Tops (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents: 18)

Josie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo (credited as Vince DeCarlo)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Alexander Cabot III; Pepper; Albert; Mr. Jones [Josie's father]
Synopsis
The gang tries to win a trip to the 1964 New York World's Fair by collecting the most tops from Crispy Crunchy cereal boxes.
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A Run For Your Money (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents: 19)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo (credited as Vince DeCarlo)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Alexander Cabot III; Josie McCoy; Pepper; Melody Valentine; Albert;
Synopsis
Alex takes the gang to the World's Fair in his private helicopter, but he loses his wallet there and everyone spreads out looking for it.
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Fair Play (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents: 20)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo (credited as Vince DeCarlo)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Alexander Cabot III; Albert; Pepper; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Archie Andrews (cameo)
Synopsis
The gang discovers that each person who found Albert's wallet has passed it on to someone else.
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Cereal Story (Chapter 4) (Table of Contents: 21)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo (credited as Vince DeCarlo)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Alexander Cabot III; Josie McCoy; Pepper; Melody Valentine; Albert
Synopsis
The gang returns home from the World's Fair in disgust, but a surprise awaits them: they've won a trip back to the Fair.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman (signed)
Pencils
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Uncle Stu sent a birthday gift!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie's Uncle Stu sends Fred a compass as a birthday present.
Reprints
  • from Archie Sunday (Creators Syndicate) ????.??.??

Encore (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Roger
Synopsis
Archie and Betty invite Mr. Weatherbee and his nephew, Roger, to come to the fair with them.
Reprints

Water Sports (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
Pencils
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie bets Archie that he can catch a bigger fish while fishing from a canoe than Archie can catch fishing from shore.
Reprints

Doll of Despair (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis
While diving in a lake, Archie picks up an old figurine that gives him super strength, but also turns him evil.
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Indexer Notes

Jon D'Agostino was originally credited as the inker for this story.

Monkey Business (Table of Contents: 26)

World of Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent (credited)
Pencils
Dan Parent (credited)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
The Archies [Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]
Synopsis
While entertaining at an amusement park with The Archies, Archie is stalked by someone in a gorilla costume.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Feature changed from "Archie & Friends" to "World of Archie" for this reprinting.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Everything's Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Alex Segura
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Promotional article for various Archie Comics publications.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Love Me Baby, Mumbai!
    World of Archie
  2. 1. Love Me Baby, Mumbai!
    World of Archie
  3. 2. Rid Bid
    Mr. Weatherbee
  4. 3. The Best Catch
    Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot
  5. 4. ["I...I can't hold them back any longer!"]
    Archie's Madhouse
  6. 5. Mr. Clock
    Captain Sprocket
  7. 6. ["Our story deals with a female astronaught..."]
    Alice the Astronaughty Space Girl
  8. 7. Space Patrolman
  9. 8. Teaser for Caesar
    Archie
  10. 9. Hit Bit
    Reggie
  11. 10. Gag Wag
    Reggie
  12. 11. Rash Crash
    Archie
  13. 12. Nap Flap
    Jughead
  14. 13. The Movers
    Archie
  15. 14. The Big Paper Caper
    Archie & Friends
  16. 15. ["Do you smell steaks cooking?"]
    Archie
  17. 16. Moving Target
    Archie and the Gang
  18. 17. She's Josie
    Josie
  19. 18. You're the Tops (Chapter 1)
    Josie
  20. 19. A Run For Your Money (Chapter 2)
    Josie
  21. 20. Fair Play (Chapter 3)
    Josie
  22. 21. Cereal Story (Chapter 4)
    Josie
  23. 22. ["Uncle Stu sent a birthday gift!"]
    Archie
  24. 23. Encore
    Archie
  25. 24. Water Sports
    Archie
  26. 25. Doll of Despair
    Archie
  27. 26. Monkey Business
    World of Archie
  28. 27. [no title indexed]
    Everything's Archie
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